d21lewis said:
If you're a single console owner, they're about the same. It's when you own multiple consoles that the problem arises.
On Xbox:
-Anybody can play any digital game on the primary console.
-Anybody can play any game on the secondary console AS LONG AS YOU'RE LOGGED IN.
-No matter which console you save your data on, every game is saved to the cloud. If you beat level 5 at your friends house on their Xbox, you start off right there when you get home. Seamless. You don't need XBL Gold
-You can save every game you own internally, externally, in any combination you want.
-If you save to an external HDD, you can carry your entire library with you on one hard drive. As long as you log in, you can play all of your games wherever you go.
-You can play the same purchased game on two different consoles at the same time, even online against each other online as long as one of those consoles is the primary (the owner has to be on the secondary or whatever console).
On PS4:
-Anybody can play any game on the primary console.
-ONLY YOU can play your games on any other console, even if you're logged in.
-ONLY the primary console gets cloud backup. And OMG if you have PlayStation Plus.
-There's a limit to how much data can be saved to the cloud.
-If you, for example beat level 5 on a secondary PlayStation and return to your primary, you still won't have any record of beating that level.
-Cloud data only saves once per day. It saves every time you play on Xbox. And you don't have to manually download your cloud data. It's automatic on Xbox.
-Currently, no external storage though it's coming soon.
I own 3 XBO consoles and 2 PS4s. Going digital is really convenient. I can play wherever I want and not worry about taking a disc from room to room. I have the same games downloaded on each console. Unfortunately, for example, if I play Arkham Asylum in the living room, my save data won't be there when I play in my gameroom.
I also own a Switch and a WiiU as well as other Sony and Nintendo portables. Sony is pretty good with crossbuy etc as M$ is good with backwards compatibility games working on your XB1, with cloud saves and everything! Nintendo? Nope. No point in going digital because your whole library could be lost if your console dies.
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